Mama Says Monday: A Georgian Discovery

So, I made a discovery this weekend. We attended the apple festival in Ellijay, Georgia. What fun!!! We went with a friend, who had also never attended the apple festival before. Altogether there were eight of us, we took two cars. 

There were all kinds of arts and crafts, and of course, lots of festival food. There were things like wings, buffalo chicken on a stick, red beans and rice, fried green tomatoes, roasted corn, fried pickles, funnel cakes, and all things apple. We arrived at the festival right around 9:00 and there were already lots of people there. We walked around for a while, just taking in all that was there. Aleta wanted fried green tomatoes, because she can’t ever pass up a fried green tomato, but I just tasted one because I didn’t think I wanted that grease so early in the day. We were kind of winding down around noon and I still had not eaten anything. My daughter had tried a sliced apple with caramel sauce and said it was wonderful. So, I got one because I didn’t know if we would be getting lunch soon. It was delicious.

Our other plans included picking apples at one of the local orchard. That didn’t quite pan out the way we planned. The apples had already been picked, you could pick them from bins (As you also can, from the Walmart).

After our apple picking was a bust, we headed down the road to a waterfall. We walked down several flights of stairs, then down a “fitness trail” (which was a rough, rocky, steep downhill path which was difficult to traverse with a bad knee) to view the upper portion of the waterfall. Then we climbed the same rough trail back up. Bear in mind, I had already traipsed around the apple festival. Then we discovered that you could just drive and park at the top of the waterfall. WHAT??!!!

I decided then that I really needed to eat lunch. It was close to 3:00. The young adults “googled” for some nearby restaurants. This is my big discovery of the weekend. Those people up there don’t eat!!! They searched and searched for a restaurant. Two or three places didn’t open until after 5:00. They finally found one and off we went. After riding and riding, we finally turned off the road into a gated community. We were stopped at the gate and informed that it was a “private” restaurant, and pointed to the way out of the community. Apparently “google” wasn’t given that piece of information. After another “google” search, a barbeque place was located. We rode and rode and finally pulled into a less than impressive spot on the landscape. We finally got to eat lunch around 4:30. The food can only be described as something to fill that empty hole in the stomach. We were nearing Woodstock before we started seeing restaurants again. What and where do those people eat??

On another note, Rheba had seen a sign while traveling, that said Arby’s had venison sandwiches. Then we found out that the sandwiches were only offered for one day. She did get one in Woodstock and said the venison was delicious.

Coming home on Sunday, we stopped at one of our favorite places, the Whistle Stop Café in Juliette, Georgia. And may I say, it was just as wonderful as it has been in the past. And it was extra special sharing it with friends who had never been there.

We had a great time with lots of laughter, with wonderful friends this weekend. Everyone should get away and take such a road trip.